Iran may attempt ‘face-saving’ retaliation against US for strikes, expert says

Iran may try to retaliate against the U S after a stealth strike hit three key Iranian nuclear facilities though the regime lacks the capabilities to make a major escalation an expert on the Middle East and U S national shield reported Fox News Digital on Sunday Jacob Olidort the director of the Center for American Protection at the America First Protocol Institute commented Iran is a lot of bark right now and anticipated that there might be a small bite from the regime directed at the U S I do foresee specific kind of face-saving efforts Olidort stated noting that Iran could potentially launch cyber-attacks or attacks on infrastructure in the region Iran has already launched more missiles at Israel in the wake of the U S military s Operation Midnight Hammer striking at least impact sites and injuring at least people in Israel RUBIO DECLARES IRAN'S DAYS OF PLAYING THE WORLD OVER AFTER TRUMP'S DECISIVE STRIKEBut Olidort explained he didn t expect any critical escalation from Iran not because of the regime s lack of will to do so but because it now solely lacks the capabilities for a stronger response after Israel launched waves of its own strikes against the regime earlier this month Israel has reported its strikes targeted Iran s nuclear facilities and ballistic missile sites and killed multiple Iranian military leaders In the hours after the strikes Tehran stated that the time for diplomacy had passed and that it had the right to defend itself Meanwhile President Donald Trump has declared that now is the time for peace As for the impact on the power Iran wields through its force of proxies in the region Olidort announced it s notable that none of them have instantly jumped to Iran s aid following the U S strikes which possibly points to Iran s weakness Olidort mentioned the U S operation s impact on Iran s nuclear initiative could set the regime s goal of achieving a nuclear weapon back a considerable amount Before these strikes Israel had taken out multiple of Iran s capabilities and plenty of of its nuclear scientists he declared adding that he estimated Israel had already set back Iran s nuclear initiative by two to three years EXPERT CONFIDENT IRAN'S NUCLEAR EFFORT IS NO LONGER AFTER MASSIVE US STRIKEThe U S strikes may now have hindered Iran s nuclear operation by upwards of a decade according to Olidort though he declared that the timeframe largely depends on what actions or agreements the U S and Iran make in the days to come The U S launched a surprise strike using B- stealth bombers on Iran s Fordow Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities on Saturday Gen Dan Caine chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reported during a briefing at the Pentagon on Sunday morning that the full extent of the battle damage to the facilities would take time to assess It remained unclear as of Sunday whether any enriched nuclear material was destroyed in the U S strikes or if Iran had moved the material beforehand